Question
I have constant pain in my neck,shoulders and a constant dulling headache,my upper back is also troublesome,Im convinced there is some kind of misalighnment in my discs or ones in my neckwhere your scull begins and the bones in my lower neck almost a tad above the shoulder blades,I have dizziness,knumbness and weekness in my fingers and arms,stiff neck, some mornings i lay on the edge of the bed with my neck on the hard rim of the mattress and push my head up andback against the bed and sometimes it cracks several times sometimes it helps.Ive tried every pillow,mattress,pills,hot tubs, streching,meditation,nothing works im going crazy im tired, dizzy,achey  what else is there to do.thoracic outlet syndrome is one thing I heard could be a possibility.could it be something like ms the weakness in my hands and numbness,tingling finger is some of the sighns   I have brain fog pretty bad also.im 50 and feel like 90  HELP   A S A P Linda

Answer
Thank you for the question. You have a lot of symptoms going on here, some neurological and some musculoskeletal, with all of these symptoms being very common in someone who has a severe misalignment of one of the top two neck bones which is putting pressure on your brainstem resulting in reduced brain to body communication and postural compensations. The result is poor health. I think you said it best your 50 years old and you feel like your 90.

The good news is with the symptoms you are describing it is very likely that you can be helped. We cannot know for sure if the cause of your problems are due to head and neck misalignment without a proper examination. Your options are to come see me in Idaho or visit www.uppercervicalcare.com they have a listing of Upper Cervical Doctors that specialize in the detection and correction of head and neck misalignments.